October 12, 2010 —
Former members of the short-lived Board of
Public Works, center of photo from left, Former
Selectmen Ron Clark and Eric Sonnett, and
Planning Board member Ken Weismantel, spoke to
current Selectmen, from left, John Mosher, Todd
Cestari and Ben Palleiko about their time on the
Board, what they accomplished, and their hopes
for the future.

One hope expressed by the group was the
formation of a new Fruit Street Committee. The
original one, chaired by Ron Clark, was
dissolved by a vote of the other former
Selectmen at the meeting, from far right, Muriel
Kramer and Mary Pratt.

"There are more former Selectmen here than
current Selectmen," said Mr. Sonnett at the
opening of his dialogue. The Board was without
Chairman RJ Dourney and Selectman Michelle
Gates.

Mrs. Kramer, reporting for HopNews, will have a
story later.

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It's Official

On Monday at noon,
as interested parties helped out and looked on, Parks and Recreation
Chairman Ken Driscoll and Hopkinton Youth Soccer Association President
Brian Keefe cut the ribbon opening the artificial turf portion of the
Fruit Street Athletic Fields, a joint effort of the town and that
organization.

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Silent Auction Saturday

October 16 from 2
to 5 p.m. at the Senior Center

The Friends of the Hopkinton Senior Citizens
will host a family-friendly Silent Auction on
Saturday, October 16 from 2 to 5 p.m. at the
Senior Center. The event will feature
entertainment by “Comic Relief”, snacks and a
children’s table with lots of inexpensive toys
for kids to bid on.

Some of the items
being offered include beautiful gift baskets,
gift certificates from area restaurants and
businesses, a foursome of golf at the Hopkinton
Country Club, a Bose radio, a Kurig coffeemaker
with pods, a decorative birdhouse, a Seal-a-meal
system, a Showtime rotisserie, a roaster oven
with buffet server, a shot glass chess set, and
much more.

There will also
be a raffle (tickets $25 or 5/$100) of a week
(sleeps six) at the Trapp Family Lodge in
Vermont. The cost for the day is $5 with a
family cap of $10. Proceeds will help defray the
cost of Senior Center programs not covered by
the Town budget.

“Quabbin Reservoir:

A History and Explorers
Guide.”

November 16 Hopkinton
Garden Club and Hopkinton Public Library presents
speaker Michael Tougias. Talk is “Quabbin
Reservoir: A History and Explorers Guide.”
7pm at the Library. Free

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Dyer,
Josephine J (Salupo)

Dyer, Josephine J (Salupo)
Of Waltham died Oct 12, 2010. Loving wife of the
late Paul W Dyer. Devoted mother of Owen B Dyer
of Quincy, Paul M Dyer of Waltham, Rachel D Leal
and her husband Gregory of Hopkinton. Loving
Grandmother of Joshua and Jeffrey Leal of
Hopkinton. Sister of Rose Pitts of Newton, and
the late Anna Mary Capizzi of Newton.

Josephine was born
in Sicily and worked for many years at
Raytheon's world corporate headquarters in
Waltham Mass where she specialized in printed
circuit boards. Josephine also enjoyed sketching
and was a was a volunteer for Waltham's little
league and placed in many target pistol
competitions. Josephine is also survived by many
nieces and nephews.

Visiting hours are
on Thursday 4 to 7 PM at Nardone funeral home,
373 Main St Watertown Ma. A funeral mass will be
held Friday at Sacred Heart Church on River St.
Waltham Ma. at 10 AM.

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Head
of State Police, Colonel Marian McGovern Struck
by Alleged 5-time OUI Driver

SHREWSBURY
- October 12, 2010 — State Police Colonel Marian
McGovern was rear-ended by an accused drunk
driver at 11:45 a.m. Monday on Route 20 in
Shrewsbury. Colonel McGovern was in her cruiser,
an unmarked Ford Explorer (MSP Cruiser #1),
stopped at a red light on Rt 20 eastbound at
Grafton Street, when struck.

Colonel McGovern got
out of the cruiser and approached the driver who
hit her, a DONNA SCLAMO, 51, of Worcester, who
was driving a Ford 500 sedan. She inquired if
the woman was injured. She was not. Colonel
McGovern then determined that SCLAMO was under
the influence. The Colonel called for a cruiser
to respond.

The woman was placed
under arrest for OUI 5th offense, operating
after license suspension, and failure to take
care in stopping. She was transported to the
Millbury State Police barracks for booking and
processing. She was bailed from the barracks for
$1,00 and will be arraigned in the Westborough
District Court.

Colonel McGovern is grateful that Ms. Sclamo was
not seriously injured today. The Colonel is glad
that if Ms. Sclamo was going to hit anyone, that
she hit Cruiser 1, so that no private citizens
were hurt and so the Massachusetts State Police
could get a drunk driver off the road before she
killed herself or someone else. The Colonel and
the State Police hope Ms. Sclamo is able to get
whatever help she needs, but also adamantly
believe that she must be held accountable before
the law and
punished appropriately and strictly. The Colonel
reminds all Massachusetts citizens of the grave
threat posed by drinking and
driving.

Above courtesy of State Police.
HopNews file photo.

Yvette
Ho Madany, Author of

SHANGHAI WALK

Hopkinton Senior Center

Mon. Oct. 25th at 10:30 am

Hopkinton author,
Yvette Ho Madany, will discuss her book
“Shanghai Walk” and her childhood in Shanghai.
Her family was among the many sent away to be
“reformed” during the Chinese cultural
revolution when intellectuals were considered
bad examples and were sent to work in factories
and fields. Hers is a fascinating story that
will lead you to a better understanding of
Chinese history and culture. Don’t miss this!
See the entire Senior Newsletter anytime by
choosing the link near the top of the page.
Seniors

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October 11, 2010

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10:10 pm
Officer Gregg DeBoer assisted with removing a
mouse...

2:01 am
Officer Peter Booth responded to a report of two
youths skateboarding at the Senior Center...

2:27
pm A father from Jordan Road reported that
his son had been approached...

5:18
pm A 911 caller from Pond Street reported a
man without a shirt on walking around her back
yard...

3:43
pm A 911 caller from Summit Way reported a
man trespassing on his property...

October 11, 2010 —
Some past and present members of the Hopkinton
Police Department pose for a photo during the
recent HPD/Hopkinton Chamber Golf Tournament.

Annual Meeting on
Tuesday, October 26th at 7:00 at the

Golden Pond
Assisted Living Facility

50 West Main
Street
in the downstairs meeting room.

Colella's
Anniversary Week Celebration Closes

Above, a screenshot
from Colella's website

by Robert Falcione

October 11, 2010 —
Colella's Supermarket ended a ten-day 65th
anniversary celebration this past weekend that
brought crowds of shoppers to the store on a
daily basis. They also had their website redone;
a screenshot of it is above.

As always, Colella's website updates their
luncheon specials daily, and has a link to their
weekly specials, ready to view or download.

Colella's has added 16 new employees, bringing
their total to 72 employees. To see President
Dale Danahy introduce many of the longtime
employees, choose to view Part II of their 65th
Anniversary Video, below.

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495 Rollover

October 10, 2010 —
This rollover accident on Route 495 southbound
in which the driver said he had been ejected
from the vehicle, resulted in his being strapped
down for a trip to the hospital, although he was
found walking about when emergency personnel
arrived.

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Wheelock College men's
soccer team has recognized Junior Ben
Lewis of Hopkinton, Massachusetts.

In his first year with Wheelock, Lewis has
started three of the four games in which he has
appeared for the second-year varsity program.

Hopkinton Field
Hockey players participated in the Stix for
a Cure Tournament in late August in
Medway. The girls went undefeated with a
record of 4-0 at this field hockey event
designed to raise breast cancer awareness.
They chose to play as Team B+ in memory of
their friend Tommy Weaver who succumbed to a
brain tumor this past spring.

Photo by
Gary McWilliams.

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16 (Hundred) Tons, and What Do You Get?

Hopkinton Scouting for Food Success!

November 6, Drop off bags • November 13, pick up
food

Once again, Hopkinton’s Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts
and Cub Scouts will be helping their neighbors
on Saturday, Nov. 6 and 13, through the
town-wide Scouting for Food campaign. Your
donations of non-perishable grocery items will
go to the Project Just Because Food Pantry to
help local residents in need.

Scouts will be dropping off the Scouting for
Food bags on Saturday, Nov. 6. Residents
are asked to place their donated items in the
bags near their mailboxes by 10 a.m. on
Saturday, Nov. 13. Frequently needed items
include canned meat and meals, breakfast foods
for children, canned fruit, juice bottles and
boxes, school snack items, paper products such
as toilet paper, laundry detergent, toiletries
such as shampoo and deodorant, and toothpaste
and brushes. Scouts will collect the bags
between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.

The Scouts of the Knox Trail Council – which
represents Hopkinton and 20 other communities
–will mark the 22nd Anniversary of the Scouting
for Food, Good Turn for America. Over 4,000
scouts and leaders will be out collecting food
for local food pantries in the Metro West area.
Scouts hope to surpass the 94 tons of food that
was collected in 2009 and collect 100 tons this
year, in honor of 100 years of Scouting.

Food Pantry Directors throughout the Metro West
have said that they depend on the Food collected
each year by Scouts, Parents, and Leaders in the
annual Scouting for Food Drive.

The Scouts and Scouters of the Knox Trail
Council, Boy Scouts of America have collected
over 1,600 tons of food in the past 20 years.
For additional information on the 2010 Scouting
for Food Drive, a National Good Turn For
America, please go to the Knox Trail Council
Website –
www.ktc-bsa.org/food.htm.

A special thank you goes to Price Chopper
Supermarkets for donating the Scouting for Food
Bags that will be used in the 2010 food drive.
The United Way of Tri County are sponsors of
the 2010 Scouting for Food Drive.

Please support the 2010 Scouting for Food drive
in November by putting your filled bags out for
a Scout to Collect!

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One More Step Toward Scotland

Drama Club holds another
fundraiser

October 10, 2010 —
Above, a few Hopkinton High School Drama Club
members and friends remain at the Common
Saturday afternoon following a town-wide
scavenger hunt that involved 100 young people in
a fundraiser to enable 30 kids to visit the
Fringe Festival in Edinburgh Scotland at $6,000
per student.

Focus

October 9, 2010 —
The gazebo at Ice House Pond on the opposite
shore from the camera is in focus as are the
plants in the foreground and the red leaves in
the top right on a tree 20 feet from the near
shore. This is made possible by using a small
aperture, f32.

Framing

October 9, 2010 —
This little garden on Pond Street is nicely
framed by the Catawba (catalpa) tree and its
drooping leaves, the
stone wall in the foreground and the bench and
hanging leaves on the right.

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Where's the
Snow?

October 9, 2010 —
Wes Denering, on his way to a 20 mile run today
on his roller-skis, is getting in shape for
Cross-country skiing on Pond Street today.

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River of Cotton

October 9, 2010
— John Daley sets his camera at f/20 with ISO
200 and a 15 second exposure to turn the water
into a cottony texture, this morning at daybreak
at the stone arch bridge over the Sudbury River
in Aiken's Park on the Hopkinton/Southborough
town line.

Hiller Cheer

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Newbury Man Charged
with Setting Own Home on Fire

Newbury,
MA October 8, 2010 — At 3:15 p.m. a Newbury
police officer spotted the suspect in the
overnight Newbury arson, LAWRENCE CHIAPPINI, 43,
in a wooded area. The active search for the
suspect by numerous Newbury and State Police
officers resumed. At 4:25 p.m., a Massachusetts
State Police K-9 trooper and his dog located
CHIAPPINI in the woods. The suspect attempted to
struggle but was subdued by a canine officerand
placed into custody. He has been transported to
Anna Jacques Hospital in Newburyport for
evaluation.

He is charged with
setting his home on fire around midnight. Once
released from the hospital he will most likely
be booked by the Newbury Police Department and
held pending arraignment next week.

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BANK OF
AMERICA TO CEASE ALL FORECLOSURES:

“We are pleased to
learn that Bank of America will halt
foreclosures in Massachusetts. Last week we had
called on them to do so, given the recent
reports and affirmations that major lenders
engaged in ‘robo-signing’ thousands of
foreclosure documents per month, putting
homeowners at risk for losing their homes and
possibly unfairly displacing others. It is
important that we determine the impact of their
actions. We also requested that certain lenders
cease foreclosures in Massachusetts until we can
verify that the information filed in affidavits
is true and accurate. We hope that these other
lenders will follow suit in an attempt to
quickly resolve this problem.” ~ Release from
Martha Coakley

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Holliston 42,
Hopkinton 7

October 8, 2010 —
Mike Decina keeps this one and heads for the
sidelines after running for several yards with less than 5 seconds left in the
first half during an away game against Holliston
Friday night. Holliston was up 35-7 at the half.
The last half saw Holliston putting another 7
points on the scoreboard, and Hopkinton none.

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School Committee Meeting Votes
Additional Computer Tech Position

Bullying Policy Draft •
Road Through Well Zone on Fruit Street

by Heather Kelley

October 8, 2010 —
Dr. Mary Colombo, Assistant Superintendent,
presented the district’s 2010 MCAS performance
data at tonight’s School Committee meeting. The
schools in the district all performed at “High”
and “Very High” levels, and schools as a whole
met required AYP (Adequate Yearly Progress)
levels. Colombo noted that the 4th
grade scores, as well as scores for special
education subgroups, need improvement, and
analysis is underway to implement necessary
steps to bring these scores up to meet
expectations. However, Colombo also offered
insight into other ways of looking at the
results. A new metric, Student Growth
Percentile, introduced the ability to look at an
individual student’s progress over time. Using
SGP it was clear that within the special
education subgroup, students were making
significant progress and personal growth; AYP
did not show this growth, but rather only looked
at the one data point of the current test score.
Similarly, when 4th grade results are
compared across the state, the trend shows that
many districts also have lower 4th
grade scores as compared to the results of other
grades. “The Grade 4 test is acknowledged to be
a more difficult test than other grade levels,”
said Colombo. The slide presentation on MCAS
results will be available on the district
website.

Superintendent of Schools, Dr. John Phelan,
shared the results of a meeting of school and
town administrators that took place at the site
of the proposed new school on Fruit Street.
Representatives from AECOM, which acquired Earth
Tech, the consulting and engineering firm that
has been working on the project, were at the
site and verified that a new school as situated
in the plans would not interfere with ground
water discharge. The architects and landscape
engineers who are developing the school plans
are now working on a shared access road into the
property, instead of having a separate entrance
for the school. Existing plans called for a
spine road just for the municipal portion of the
site. “MEPA encouraged the town to change the
location of the spine road because right now,
the spine road is traveling through a well zone,
and a flood zone,” said Phelan.

At a meeting of administrators and staff from
the three elementary schools, teachers weighed
in with their expertise on the utilization of
space at the proposed new school. Minor changes
were made, including trading some administrative
space for expanded square footage in special
education rooms. Connecting doors between
classrooms were added, but air conditioning and
carpeting were not. Phelan reminded the
Committee that the MSBA determined that Center
School was one of the top 45 schools in the
state that were in need of the greatest
improvement, and that the feasibility study
concluded that renovating Center School would be
more costly than building a new facility.

In response to the
new Massachusetts Bullying Prevention Law that
went into effect on May 3, 2010, the School
Committee considered a first draft of
Hopkinton’s Bullying Prevention Policy.
Assistant Superintendent Colombo said that the
Massachusetts Association of School Committees’
draft policy was used as a foundation for the
document, and that other portions were taken
directly from the recent legislation. Committee
member Troy Mick questioned why bullying was
defined as “repeated” behavior, and Colombo
answered that the word “repeated” is actually
used in the new law. Member Jean Bertschmann was
quick to note that a first incident should still
be reported, and would still get addressed, but
that the behavior “may not rise to the level of
bullying the first time.” Colombo suggested that
documentation of all incidents would help to
determine if a pattern of bullying existed.

Superintendent
Phelan submitted one position he considered
critical for the district, that could be funded
through the Education Jobs Grant: an additional
computer technician. “We simply can’t keep up
with the workload,” he said. At the same time,
he recommended that the Committee wait until the
new Director of Finance, Ralph Dumas, could
consult with them, as the outcome of Ballot
Question 3 (the proposal to reduce the state
sales tax to 3%) this November 2nd
could have significant financial impact.
However, member Nancy Burdick posited that if
teachers didn’t have access to their computers
or the technology in their classrooms for lack
of the services of a technician, then that
translated to students not being able to access
the educational program of the schools. Member
Mick moved that the Committee utilize the
Education Jobs Grant to add a technician, and
the motion passed unanimously. Phelan quoted a
3-4 week turnaround time to get a technician
hired and on the job.

As of October 1st,
student enrollment in the town’s public schools
stood at 3,454 students, down slightly from last
year’s 3,462 students. However, the projections
from both NESDEC (New England School Development
Council) and the MSBA (Massachusetts School
Building Authority) called for deeper reductions
in enrollment, which according to Phelan marks
the second year that estimates did not match
reality. MSBA and NESDEC projections were 41 and
46 students shy of actual numbers, respectively.
These projections become paramount when
considering the construction of a new school,
and the Elementary School Building Committee is
working closely with the MSBA to ensure that a
new Fruit Street school will meet the current
and future needs of the town. “The enrollment
has always been a big point of discussion with
them [the MSBA],” said Phelan.

Friday, October 8th
4 - 7 PM

Wine Values from
California, Chile &
Spain

This week we will sample some great, inexpensive
wines from around the world. There's the new
vintage of three old favorites from California,
the Grayson Cellars Chardonnay, Merlot, and
Cabernet Sauvignon, a Chilean Sauvignon Blanc,
and a Spanish wine that is soon to be named to
the Wine Enthusiast Top 100 Value Wines list.
So, stop by this afternoon and share some wine
with the Hopkinton Wine crew. ~ Hopkinton
Wine & Spirits

Look, Up In the Sky...

October 7, 2010 —
This seagull cuts a strong diagonal line in the
photo as it flies over the photographer at the
Hopkinton Reservoir today to see if he has a
handout.

...It's a Plane

October 7, 2010 —
This plane that roared over Carbone's today took
a turn into a cloud following this photo.

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Dates
corrected*

Two Anniversaries in One

Marine Corps
Marathon - 35 Years

Battle of
Marathon - 2,500 Years

October 7, 2010 —
The Marine Corps Marathon is expected to send
representatives to Hopkinton on October 20th and
21st. *There is a welcome dinner on the evening
of October 20th. The Flame receiving ceremony
will be held on October 21st at 10am at the
police station.

The flame was
lighted in Marathon, Greece and brought to
Hopkinton, where it has resided in front of the
police station to commemorate the sister city
relationship between the two municipalities. The
flame is representative of the Battle of
Marathon, which legend has an outnumbered
Athenian force defeating, through sheer guile,
an overwhelming Persian invading force.

Congressman Jim
McGovern has introduced a Resolution to
commemorate the events:

Now, therefore, be
it

1

Resolved,
That the House of Representatives joins

2

with the Greek
Embassy in Washington, DC, the people

3

of Hopkinton,
Massachusetts, the people of Marathon,

4

Greece, and the
hundreds of thousands of runners partici-

5 pating in
marathons throughout the Unites States, in cele-

6 brating the 2500th
anniversary of the Battle of Marathon,

7

Greece, one of
the most significant battles in human his-

tory.

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THE
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS

MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION - HIGHWAY DIVISION

NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING

Project File No. 603793

A Design Public Hearing will be
held by MassDOT - Highway Division to discuss
the proposed Route 85 (River Street) over
Sudbury River bridge project located in the
Towns of Hopkinton and Southborough, MA.

Hopkinton Town
Hall

Room 215,
Selectmen’s Conference Room

Hopkinton, MA
01748

Thursday, October
14, 2010 at 7:00 PM

PURPOSE: The purpose of this
hearing is to provide the public with the
opportunity to become fully acquainted with the
proposed Route 85 bridge project. All views and
comments made at the hearing will be reviewed
and considered to the maximum extent possible.

PROPOSAL:
The proposed project consists of the replacement
of the Route 85 (River Street) bridge over the
Sudbury River, which connects Hopkinton &
Southborough. The existing single span
reinforced T-Beam structure will be replaced
with a single span prefabricated beam structure
with new abutments located behind the existing.
The proposed bridge and roadway approaches will
have a 36-foot curb-to-curb width. The cross
section will consist of two 12-foot travel lanes
and 4-8 foot shoulders with a new 6-foot
sidewalk on the west side. The horizontal and
vertical alignments will remain essentially the
same. The superstructure design will incorporate
provisions for identified future utilities. The
existing traffic will be maintained by the use
of staged construction methods.

May 17, 2005 —
Sharon Begley writes down data as Edward
Ternosky submerges to take measurements under
the bridge on Route 85 which traverses the
Sudbury River separating Hopkinton and
Southborough. They inspected the bridge footing,
exposure and undermining to report to the state
and federal authorities to see if there is a
need for repair.